Ch.17 Vocabulary JK Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Issued Jan.1, 1863 by Lincoln, the EP freed all slaves in Confederate territory - made to weaken South. | Emancipation Proclamation |
| A unit that included two of Frederick Douglass's sons and led the attack of Ft. Wagner July 1863-increased Af. Am. enlistment-wanted no pay. | 54th Massachusetts Regiment |
| Northern Democrats who favored peace with the South-protested Lincoln and the war. | Copperhead |
| Requirement of men to serve in the military-draft. | conscription |
| Payments in currency for those who volunteered for military service. | bounty |
| A tax on earnings-boosted Union economy in 1861. | income tax |
| New paper currency of Union-boosted Union economy by providing money. | greenback |
| Nurse of the Civil War who tended the wounded on the battlefield-founded American Red Cross. | Clara Barton |
| A battle on July 1-3 where Conf. Lee and the Union fought in Pennsylvania. Union won and Conf. had severe losses. | Battle of Gettysburg |
| A fatal charge ordered by Lee and led by Gen. George Pickett-direct attack into Union line of fire-13K troops torn to pieces. | Pickett's Charge |
| Union general who won the first major Union victories-little interest in army career, brilliant general. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Conf. gen. who was top Westpoint student, fought for Virginia, and was a good soldier in Mexican War. | Robert E. Lee |
| Battle on July 4, 1863 where Union Grant defeated Vicksburg in Mississippi and won the M. River. | Siege of Vicksburg |
| A general who used a scorched earth tactic from Atlanta, Georgia in Sept 1864 to Savannah in Dec. 21, 1864. He continued along the Atlantic Coast. | William Tecumseh Sherman |
| April 9, 1865, Grant and Lee met in Virginia and Lee surrendered-Grant gave generous terms. | Appomattox Court House |
| Janurary 1865 amendment that freed slaves-advocated by Lincoln. | Thirteenth Amendment |
| Conf. supporter who assassinated Lincoln during a play in Washington D.C.-killed later. | John Wilkes Booth |
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